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The sounds of mellow fruitfulness from wind energy organisations

Posted Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:31:26 GMT by Dave Armstrong

'Renewable UK' are having their annual gathering in Glasgow this week. The quite venerable organisation now includes tidal energy and wave power organisations, since it began as a simply academic wind power lobby.

Fukushima - the nuclear emergency that won't go away

Posted Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:54:27 GMT by Martin Leggett

Long absent from the front pages, Fukushima is a nuclear disaster that's far from over. With yesterday's reports of increased radioactivity in fish, and space running low for storing contaminated cooling waters, it seems the disaster is only on pause. All it will take is another earthquake for the play button to be hit again.

Wave Energy: A new energy to power Australian homes in 2017

Posted Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:22:52 GMT by Mathieu Ladouch

New wave energy project for Australia. The 19 MW marine energy project is the next step in the on-going relationship between American wave power technology designer Ocean Power Technologies and Lockheed Martin.

What to do with waste? Make our own fossil fuels!

Posted Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:21:01 GMT by Dave Armstrong

Making biofuel from waste. The Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion Process or IH2 can use any wood, cornstalks, algae from rivers, other plant material and solid municipal waste to generate fuel.

The first £300,000 has been raised through 'democratic finance' in just four weeks for the Abundance wind turbine investment scheme in the UK. Abundance have also launched their second renewable energy investment opportunity, debentures in solar panels.

UK solar power now on hold

Posted Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:16:21 GMT by Michael Evans

England has over 16,000 Anglican churches plus another 20,000 from other demominations. The roofs of these churches provide excellent locations for solar panels and the feed-in tariff previously made viable the heavy costs involved in installation. The reduction in the tariff has led to many abandoned projects. With 'green' targets to meet, was this a wise move on the part of the Government?

Solar On The Water

Posted Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:43:06 GMT by David Thomas

Blackfriars station PV project: A commercial solar project is making Blackfriars Bridge in London the worlds largest solar bridge. The Victorian landmark, built in 1869, will be capable of an annual energy output of 900,000 kWh, which will cover around 50% of Blackfriars station's power needs while saving over 500 tonnes of CO2.

Solar could meet 16% of heating, cooling energy demand by 2050

Posted Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:21:00 GMT by Adrian Bishop

Around a sixth of the energy used for low-temperature heating and cooling could be produced by solar power by 2050. That is if governments across the world invest in solar research and new solar technologies, says the International Energy Agency.

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